Waist-garment.



H. J. PAGE.

WAIST GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED I'EB.27, 1911.

' Patented 001211911.

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Hattie. Ja n Pa y e HATTIE JANE PAGE, or GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

WAIST-GARMENT.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HATTIE JANE PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vaist- Garments, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in mcns, womens, and childrens garments, and its objects are: first, to provide garments that may be easily put on over the head and when on may be readily drawn to position to form a perfect fit upon the waist and around the neck without the use of buttons, hooks or other attached fastening device, and, second, to provide a means whereby the garment may be made to fit snugly around the waist line without danger of rendering it uncomfortable for the wearer. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a blank from which the back portion of the body and the front of the yoke is made. Fig. 2 is the same showing the blank for making the front portion of the body and a reinforcement for the back of the garment. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the garment with the sleeves cut off short. Fig. 4 is a back elevation of the garment with the back cut away to show the construction of the inside of the front of the garment, and, Fig. 5 is a top view of the garment illustrating how it is to be drawn open at the neck to pass easily over the head of the wearer.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

When manufacturing this garment from material that must be sewed I cut the blanks out substantially as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. I then turn the part A down over the part B, and the part A down over the part B and stitch each at the shoulders upon the lines o d. I then reverse the two parts thus formed and slide the upper end of A B between the parts A B and stitch the parts B B together along the lines 0 e to form the body. The yoke A is then stitched to the portion B upon the lines 0 c to form an ornamental yoke upon the front of the waist, and the part A is stitched to the inside of the portion B upon the lines 0 c to reinforce the back of the garment. When the two blanks have been sewed together upon the lines a c" and c e, the sleeves C Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 27, 1911.

* Serial No. 611,308.

are placed into the arm scyes and sewed to Patented Oct. 24, 1911.

place on the lines o 0, but the two portions 1 are not sewed together on the shoulders from c to (l, which leaves the fabric free to be moved apart along this line. The gar ment is now practically completed so far as the neck and waist portions are concerned, and the opening a in the yoke portion A is situated down from theneck line I), over the front portion B ment, the edges of the fabric along the outline of this opening being provided with a narrow hem, or other ornamental finish, but is not sewed or otherwise secured to the front B, thus leaving the front beneath the yoke and the yoke over the front between the lines 0 c and over the shoulders free to be moved, folded or handled atpleasure, each independent of the other, and the opening a, from the shoulder line back and down is under the back portion B of the body of the garment, but, like the front yoke, .the edges of the material each side of this opening is wholly free from attachment to the back B.- By this line of connecting' the two portions of the garment between the arm scyes, seams at c cand the yoke seams c c are wholly detached so that the wearer may take hold of the collar at b and b and draw themapart as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 5, to the positions shown at-b", which will tend to draw the arm scye seams to the positions indicated at 0 and will provide a large opening at the neck, facilitated by the openings a (1', applied as hereinbefore stated, through which the head may be readily passed, when by drawing outward upon the sleeves C C the neck will be closed to its normal position and the garment will retain its form, position and perfect fit upon the wearer without the necessity of buttoning, hooking, or otherwise securing the parts together at the shoulders, neck or other part of the garment.

This garment may be worn without a collar, or any desired form of collar may be worn upon or with it, inany manner convenient or pleasing to the wearer.

That this garment may be made to properly retain its form and fit upon the wearer it is necessary to provide some means whereby the lower end of it will properly retain its position at the waist, and for this purpose I place a narrow strip of elastic fabric, as D, around the bottom of the garment, that is of the body of the gar made small ienough to bind closely,; but freely around the waist of the wearer.

{When making these jackets upon knitting i machines,- it is readily understood that it will bemade seamless except at the arm scye. a y In theforegoing description I have placed @"Figr'l is placed inside of, orbetween the two parts of the'blank shown'in Fig.7 2 the visiblejopening, a" would be in the back of the garment and vthe opening a would; be-

come invisible because it would be under the art',B..I In other words,.a garment made i so that it could be reversed would show-the visible opening-- inifrontifworn one side desire or convenience may dictate.

I It will be readilyjunderstood that the'yoke andneck construction hereinbefore'described and shown in the drawings may be used upon any kind of waist garment, as jackets,

sweaters, neglige' shirtsyni'ght; dresses,

monas','-dressing sacks or any waist garment made from cloth or other available fabric. When cutting out this garment I find it very advantageousyto cut out a gore: and

stitch the yoke and body: portions together I f he the shoulders good em;

The peculiar V shaped form ,of theyokes, and the V shaped openings a, a, from. the neck openings b, b well down into the yokes, but not disconnecting the yokes new oints' a", and 'thesewingof the yokes to t e body on the lines a", a, c,

are quite necessary elements tov properlz draw the yokes to place to form a smoot closely fitting'and well proportioned garment around the neck and shoulders,,that will not gape, wrinkle or become disordered by the natural movements of the body of the person wearing the garment. This construction, at the same: time, places but two thicknesses of fabric over the shoulders and gives to the waist the appearance of a tasty,

close fitting vest that Wlll hold its position on the person without theuse of hooks, buttons or other form of fastening.

What'I claimasnew, and desireto secure vby Letters Patent of the United States, is:

In a waist garment, a front bodysportion 'havin a yoke cut integraltherewith and a curve neck opening. in' the bod continuing to a long V shaped opening in t e yokeportion, a backbody portion having a yoke por- 'tion cut integral. therewith and a lon V out, and in the backif worn the other side a font, and thef'garment maybe readily made r to be.worn-either'sideoutas the'wearer may shaped opening therein, the body portlons sewed together at the meeting edges v and 'each yoke sewed at the outer edges to the 1 opposite body portion, a gore cutfrom'eaeh ortion and its shoulder between each body portion, and t e parts. sewed integral yoke together to give-correct 1 shoulder form, the

garment provided witharm scyes,; andfso arranged'that a large opening may be .readily formed atthe neck, and asreadily con-t tracted to form a close fitting neck opening,

substantially as shown and described.-

Signed at Grand, Rapids Michigan February 25, 1911. 5 HATTIE JANE PAGE. In presence of I'rHmL J. CILLEY, .R. L. WILLIAMS.- 

